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I started writing stories when I was fourteen. English novel ang unang story ko (Secret ang title. Nakakahiya. XD) Puro English novels lang ang binabasa ko noon. I'm not fond of Filipino novels kasi ang naiisip ko dati ay yung "makaluma, formal at mas malalim pa sa balon na mga salita" na story. Pero one day, my cousin said to me, "Nikki, gusto mo ba ng story?" Sabi ko, "Anong story? English?"
"Nope, Tagalog sya. Pero maganda super!" my cousin said. Noong una, nag-alangan ako kasi ang naiisip ko nga yung mala-Noli style. Pero sinubukan ko na rin so binluetooth nya sakin yung softcopy ng story. And guess what? NAADIK AKO! HAHA! Three days non-stop ko yata syang binasa and I cried buckets because of that story! From then, naisip ko na hindi pala lahat ng Filipino novels ay boring. Hindi ko alam kung bakit, pero I just found myself one day sitting in front of my laptop, an opened Office Word displayed on the screen, and I was... typing. Wala talaga akong ka-idi-idea kung ano ang tinatype ko, basta ang nasa isip ko, "I'm going to write a Tagalog story."
And that was when MY DRUMMER BOY was born. :)
At first, wala akong concrete plot. I just wanted to write and write and write and write and write. Random lang yung pagpili ko sa name nila. Kapag naisip ko na, "Ay gusto ko yung name na 'to! Sige ito nalang." (Kaya hindi ko masyadong masagot kapag may nagtatanong sa akin kung paano ko naisip yung names nila kasi they just simply dropped in my head randomly. XD haha!)
When I finished the first three chapters, nilagay ko yung story sa phone ko and said to my friends that I'd been writing a story. So they tried reading it and I updated MDB because they wanted me to. MY FRIENDS ARE MY FIRST READERS. :)
One day, noong nakaka-eighteen chapters na ako, a friend of mine said to me, "Uy Nikki, bakit hindi mo 'to i-try i-upload sa Wattpad?" Sabi ko, "Ano yun?" Then she explained it to me. Noong makauwi ako, binuksan ko yung sinasabi nyang "Wattpad" na 'yon. Gumawa ako ng account under the name "NIKKIDOO". Hindi ko alam kung bakit yun ang naging surname ko -_-. Pero para kasing may naalala akong friend ko na tumawag sa aking Nikkidoo noon HAHA! XD
So, inupload ko yung story in just ONE CHAPTER! Kasi hindi ko pa alam kung paano maghati ng chapters noon kaya yung eighteen chapters ng MDB, na-compress into a single chapter sa Wattpad! XD
After that, nag-log out na ako. Kinabukasan or maybe two days after, binuksan ko ulit yung Wattpad account ko. Nakita ko na mayroon na syang 18 reads. Alam nyo ba ang naramdaman ko? Sobrang saya ko noon! :) Kasi ang naiisip ko, "Wow! May nagbasa! Nakakatuwa naman!" Then I started to update the story every night. Take note: EVERY NIGHT. Kasi natutuwa ako. Then the time came when I had my FIRST VOTE and COMMENT. And I was again like, "Wow! May nag-comment at nag-vote!"
Noon ko na-realize na mayroong mga tao na kahit hindi ko kakilala na pinapahalagahan ang works ko. :) So I continued to write. Kahit na minsan ay may naeencounter akong rude readers and comments, okay lang. Kasi I'm writing for more readers that support me. :)
Also, writing is my passion. This is what relieves the stress out of me. Pero dati, ang goal ko lang ay ang ma-entertain ang sarili ko, pero ngayon, habang patuloy na dumadami ang readers ko, I decided to make writing as a tool for inspiring other people. :) Words are powerful; even a single sentence can change an entire life.
Don't worry if you have few readers. It is just the start. You cannot expect hundreds of readers overnight. Writing takes time, and acquiring a large number of readers is the price of your effort. Readers will come naturally. Just learn how to wait and to write with unwaning passion.
Because it is the very reason why you entered the world of Wattpad.
YOU LOVE WRITING... AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT MATTERS MOST. :)
"Nope, Tagalog sya. Pero maganda super!" my cousin said. Noong una, nag-alangan ako kasi ang naiisip ko nga yung mala-Noli style. Pero sinubukan ko na rin so binluetooth nya sakin yung softcopy ng story. And guess what? NAADIK AKO! HAHA! Three days non-stop ko yata syang binasa and I cried buckets because of that story! From then, naisip ko na hindi pala lahat ng Filipino novels ay boring. Hindi ko alam kung bakit, pero I just found myself one day sitting in front of my laptop, an opened Office Word displayed on the screen, and I was... typing. Wala talaga akong ka-idi-idea kung ano ang tinatype ko, basta ang nasa isip ko, "I'm going to write a Tagalog story."
And that was when MY DRUMMER BOY was born. :)
At first, wala akong concrete plot. I just wanted to write and write and write and write and write. Random lang yung pagpili ko sa name nila. Kapag naisip ko na, "Ay gusto ko yung name na 'to! Sige ito nalang." (Kaya hindi ko masyadong masagot kapag may nagtatanong sa akin kung paano ko naisip yung names nila kasi they just simply dropped in my head randomly. XD haha!)
When I finished the first three chapters, nilagay ko yung story sa phone ko and said to my friends that I'd been writing a story. So they tried reading it and I updated MDB because they wanted me to. MY FRIENDS ARE MY FIRST READERS. :)
One day, noong nakaka-eighteen chapters na ako, a friend of mine said to me, "Uy Nikki, bakit hindi mo 'to i-try i-upload sa Wattpad?" Sabi ko, "Ano yun?" Then she explained it to me. Noong makauwi ako, binuksan ko yung sinasabi nyang "Wattpad" na 'yon. Gumawa ako ng account under the name "NIKKIDOO". Hindi ko alam kung bakit yun ang naging surname ko -_-. Pero para kasing may naalala akong friend ko na tumawag sa aking Nikkidoo noon HAHA! XD
So, inupload ko yung story in just ONE CHAPTER! Kasi hindi ko pa alam kung paano maghati ng chapters noon kaya yung eighteen chapters ng MDB, na-compress into a single chapter sa Wattpad! XD
After that, nag-log out na ako. Kinabukasan or maybe two days after, binuksan ko ulit yung Wattpad account ko. Nakita ko na mayroon na syang 18 reads. Alam nyo ba ang naramdaman ko? Sobrang saya ko noon! :) Kasi ang naiisip ko, "Wow! May nagbasa! Nakakatuwa naman!" Then I started to update the story every night. Take note: EVERY NIGHT. Kasi natutuwa ako. Then the time came when I had my FIRST VOTE and COMMENT. And I was again like, "Wow! May nag-comment at nag-vote!"
Noon ko na-realize na mayroong mga tao na kahit hindi ko kakilala na pinapahalagahan ang works ko. :) So I continued to write. Kahit na minsan ay may naeencounter akong rude readers and comments, okay lang. Kasi I'm writing for more readers that support me. :)
Also, writing is my passion. This is what relieves the stress out of me. Pero dati, ang goal ko lang ay ang ma-entertain ang sarili ko, pero ngayon, habang patuloy na dumadami ang readers ko, I decided to make writing as a tool for inspiring other people. :) Words are powerful; even a single sentence can change an entire life.
Don't worry if you have few readers. It is just the start. You cannot expect hundreds of readers overnight. Writing takes time, and acquiring a large number of readers is the price of your effort. Readers will come naturally. Just learn how to wait and to write with unwaning passion.
Because it is the very reason why you entered the world of Wattpad.
YOU LOVE WRITING... AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT MATTERS MOST. :)